RTFM!
--- "Terry L. Thompson" <tlt@digex.net> wrote:
>
> Que?
> You're supposed to OIL the trunnions? The used GT6
> front veticles I had were
> greased to the point of gobs of oil on the externals
> of the trunnion.
>
> That rubber boot on the top of the trunnion doesn't
> look like it will hold
> something as fluid as oil in either. And why do they
> put a grease fitting on
> the verticles if it's supposed to be oiled?
>
> -Terry L. Thompson
> '76 Spitfire 1500 (getting ready to dismantle the
> newly rebuilt GT6 front
> veritcals to get the grease out)
> Maryland
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: R.D. Waid <msp01091@isd.net>
> To: <spitfires@autox.team.net>
> Cc: <rroach@direct.ca>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 9:16 PM
> Subject: Re: adjusting konis and oiling trunnions
>
>
> >
> > >Also, I'd like to oil the front trunnions myself,
> but can't find anything
> to
> > >inject gear oil with(they do need gear oil, not
> grease). Does anybody
> have
> > >anything that works for them? I don't have
> access to a compressor at all
> so
> > >it needs to be a hand operated thing. I wasn't
> sure if oil came in
> > >cartridged like grease does.
> > >Thanks,
> > >
> > >Ron '78 1500
> >
> > I use an inverted manual grease gun with the
> spring and base removed. If
> you
> > pour gear oil into it while it's upside down , you
> can pump the oil into
> the
> > fittings on the trunnions. I had to turn the zerk
> fittings toward the rear
> of
> > the car to get clearance for the grease gun.
> >
> > Bob Waid
> >
>
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